Gasolene-lamp.



No. 896,425. PATENTED AUG, 18, 1908.

' JL'J'. WEYER. v GASOLENE LAMP.

APPLICATION H-LBFPEB. 16, 19o?.

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PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. J. J. WEYER. v

.GASOLENE LAMP.

.. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 16, 1907.

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UNT-TED s-TATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. WEYEE, E CHICAGO, ILLlNois', ASSIGNCE To BCLTE a WEY'EE' COMPANY,- or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, A ACORPORATION oEILLrNoIs.

- sAsonnNE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Aug. 18, laos.

Application led February 16, 1907. Serial No. 57,606.

To all whom 'it may concern;

YBe it known that I, JosEPH J. Warne, a. citizen ,of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of` Cook and Statev of Illinois, have invented. a new and useful. Gaso-4 lone-Lamp, of whichfthe following 'is' ,a speciication.- l 1 My invention relates to certain'new v'and useful improvements in gasolene lam s and is fully/described and ex ained in' thev ollowing specification ands 'ow-n in the accom? panying drawing, in whichz-j Figure 1 isan elevation of-Ymy improved lamp, certain parts being broken away to show the construction, and the shade being shown in section; Fig'. is a section taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 of Fig. vl the generator tube and the cylindrical parts in line therewith being, however, shown in 'elepoint andplaced under air pressure or ele-l vation; Fig. 3 is a section in the linel of Fig.

- 1; Yand Fig, 4 is an elevation of certain of the parts looking inthe direction ofthe arrow4 inFig.1. i

M'y improved lamp is particularly designed to be used in connection witha hollow wire system of lighting,'in which system a'gasolene tank 'is provided at some convenient vated to a sufficient height to reduce a gasolene head 'at all-elevationsfw ere lamps -are situated.- From the gasolene tank I- extendV lto said branch. Itis often desirable, forY instance, to supply ayseparate tank with each lam ,.althodgh the usual practice is to use a sing e tank for a large number of lain s. 'Owing to the great variation which'can IJbe made in the arrangement` of the gasolene tank, and to the fact that this .construction is old and'well known in the art, l do not illustrate it in thc-drawings herewith submitted, but

,pearance Aproduce asymmetrical appearance.' lgasole'ne flows down -the tube, C, passes state merely that the branch, A, is normally supplied with gasolene underpre'ssuref At the up er, end of thelamp structure is a fitting, B, W ich, in the' preferred form of con? f struction,'is made of a globular shape, which gives an ornamental a pearance to the lamp. The-up er portion of tii's fitting. is connected to the ranchA, bynreansof a'union, a, of ordinary form. Fluid -enterin the top of the fitting B, froml the brandli, A, passes therefrom. into a tube,'C, of hollow wire, .which extends laterally from the `fitting, B,

and downward in a general-diagonal -direction, the said tube, C, being given. a curvedv form as illustrated largely for the 'sake of a .From the opposite side of the fili,-l ting, B, extends a rod, C1, curved like the tube, C, and having symmetrical relation with respect thereto.

This rod has no function exceptto assist in supporting the lamp and to The through an .angle fitting, c, a short tube, c1.,

D,its passage through said generator tube being' controlled by means of 'a valve, D1.

' -The generator tube, D, isheated by'means which will presently be 'described and while passing therethrou h, the '-ga'solene is vaporized and emerges rom the 'end of said generatertube'in the form of gas, passing into a Amixing tube, E, perforated'at eier the entrance of air and itsmixture therewitlrwith the gasolene vapon j The generator tube, D,

it will be seen, has at its end" anozzle, D2, and' liust to the rear of this nozzle is a-conical strainer, D3, 'of fine gauze, the-point of said .conicalstrainer beingturned toward the noz-v zie of the generator tube.

After passing through the mixed vapor of gasolene'and air enters an angle-hitting," similar to and symmetrieall disposed with reference to the fitting, c2, a ready referred to, and 'from said fitting passes tube, F, to a central angle fitup through a B ting, G,'imme`diately below the ii'tting,

i 'and a second fitting, c2, into a generator tube,

the` mixing tube, E, y

and connected to said fitting and. taking support therefrom b means of a rod, g. The fitting,f, is 'close at its bottom by means .of

a removable plug, j, which is provided s that in case fuel is accidentally turned on before the generator tube becomes hot so that` the ytting, j, becomes flooded, the plug can l fuel sup ly at a pointvertically above the be removed to permit vthe gasolene to flow i line of t ievgenerator tube, of a mlxmg tube off. In order to give the lamp a symmetrical appearance, a similar dummy plug isprovided at the'l'ower end of the fitting, c2, and the solid rod', C1, is connected with the fitting, f, by a construction similar to the corresponding construction on the opposite side of the lamp. In .a similar way and for a like purpose, I connect the fitting,-Gr, with .the fitting, c2, by vmeans of ardummy pipe, F11 rhus it Willbe seen' that I have on one side of the lamp a gasolene tube of small diameter! and on the .other side of the' lamp a mixed/ vapor tube of large diameter, the ends of saidtwo tubes being lconnected by the generator and mixing tubes. The gasolene tubel and the mixed vapor tube are duplicated inap-' pearance and in supporting strength/upon the opposite side of the lamp, but the parts thus used are wholly-idle and their primary purpose is one of appearance.

From the fitting, G, a regenerating tube, II, extends downward, said regenerating tube supporting at its lbweren'd a bifurcated' fitting, H1, from each ofy the furcations of which a burner tube, H2, extends downward,- mantles, H3, of the inverted type, being se-4 cured to the lower ends of said burner tubes.`

A shield, h, is mounted upon the upper portion of the regenerator tube, H andv said 'shield serves to concentrate the heat rising from the mantles about the regenerator tube.

My device o erates substantially as follows: The gaso ene passes down the tube, C, in the ordinary way andinto the generator tube, where it is transformed into vapor, issuing fromsaid generator tube through the nozzle and passinginto the mixing tube, Where it is mixed with air to form a-confi-v bustible mixture. The mixed vapor passes up through the tube, F, and through theiitting, G, into the regenerating tube, H, where its course becomes a downward one. It is then divided into two parts and 'passes down the two burner tubes, below the'lcwer ends of which it .is burned within the mantles so as to produce light in the ordinary way. The heat rising from the combustion of the mixed vapor-within the mantles heats the generator tube and passing therefrom upward, suri rounds the regenerating tube, H, with a com plete envelop of extremely hot gas, so that' the vapor passing downward through said tube is heated to a considerable extent, with the result that moreperfect combustion and a great economy of. fuel is obtained.

W hat I claim as new'and desire to'secure by Letters Iatentisz- 1. The combination' with a horizontal genere-tor tube valve for controlling the illow of iu'el thereto, a nozzle on the end of the generator tube,v a fuel pipe leading upward from the intake end of the generator tube and having connection with a source of tube, a bifurcate in line with the'generator ytube and vin position to receive the discharge from the .nozzlethereof, a mixed .vapor tube running v, up.-

- ward from the mixing tubeand laterally to a point beneath the upper end of the fuel pipe,

a rod connecting the `u'per end of the fuel 2,'v The combination with a'generator tube a .valvefo'r- 'controlling the flow of fuel thereto', ofj 'ai nozzle 'on' the end of-the generator' tube,.afuel"pipegleading froma-s'ource of fuel supplyl tothe intake end of the generator tube, Ia r'r'xix'ng` tubein 4position to receive the discharge from the nozzle," a mixed vapor tube running upward fromA the mixing tube 'to al point -above thef'line of tlf'e generator" tube,l Aa hollow globular fittin'gconnecting.

said mixingand mixed vapor tubes, a Jrevmovable plug at the bottom of ,said-globularfittingwhereby the parts can be drained of liquid fuel,'and a tube'supporting'a burner 4runningdownward from the upper 'end of the mixed vapor tube'and supporting a. burner beneath the generator-tube. y V

3. The combination with a generator tube, a valve for controlling the access of fuel thereto and a nozzle u on one end thereof, of a fuel pipe leading om a source of fuell supply to the opposite end of said generator tube, a mixing tube in position to receivethe discharge 'fronti'y .the nozzle, a mixed vapor tube running'upward from the mixing tube land laterally to a oint abo've the line of the generator, a super eater tube running downward from the upiper endo'f the mixed va or fitting at the lower en of the superheater tubeand lying in a plane at rightangles to the line of the generatortube, a burner tube running down" from each branch of said bifurcated fitting, one of said burner tubes lying on each side of saidgenerator tube, and a burner in inverted position at the lower end of each of said burner tubes. 4.. The combination with a generator tube and a valve for controllingl the flow of fuel to the same, said lgeneratorI tube lying in a horizontal position, of a nozzle on vthe end'of said lgenerator tube,a fuel-pipe leading-upward ends' of said fuel-pipe and the mixed vaportube, a superhea'ter running downward from the upper end of said mixed vapor tube :md-l tube, and zt burner in kwel-ted potonV at the in lin@ with said Tod., a biurcated fitting 0131 end of each of said burner tubes. the lowersnd of. satsltpsrheztter and ilga JOSEPH- J' WEYER- l plane, at ught angles tu tue generator tube, a f' -5 bulnr tube running down from each branch In presence of of said bif-uycated ttng, one of said burner R. A. SCHAEFER, tubeslying on each. side of saidv generator K. M. CORNWALL. 

